Magnitude 6.0 - GUATEMALA

[Kyobanim]

this one is just starting to get reported

Distances -

75 km (45 miles) WSW of Santa Ana, El Salvador
95 km (60 miles) SSE of GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala
110 km (65 miles) W of SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador
1140 km (710 miles) ESE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...us2010rqb3.php

I get a USGS reports on my yahoo homepage.

I cut and pasted this at 11:55am

M 5.2, Santa Cruz Islands - 47 minutes agoJanuary 18, 2010 16:09:21 GMT
M 2.5, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - 56 minutes agoJanuary 18, 2010 16:00:14 GMT
M 5.0, Greece - 1 hour agoJanuary 18, 2010 15:56:12 GMT
M 6.0, Guatemala - 1 hour agoJanuary 18, 2010 15:40:32 GMT
M 5.1, South Sandwich Islands region - 2 hours agoJanuary 18, 2010 14:27:34 GMT

Looks like Mother Earth is rockin' and rollin' today. There was a 2.5 quake in western Puerto Rico a few days back. For a month before the Haiti Quake there were a lot of small quakes in the Puerto Rico Trench.

Geophysicists have been watching The Yellowstone for sometime and speculating something big is working towards happening.

You would be amazed at how many earthquakes occur every day. The USGS interactive maps may prove enlightening. Latest Earthquakes

283 earthquakes worldwide Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days

[Kyobanim]

It's amazing how many earthquakes there are. I've been going through that site today. There are so many variables with these things.

[Utah Bob]

They had a 4.1 Northeast of Albuquerque last night.
The earth seems restless.

Originally Posted by Brush Okie

Anyone know what damage it caused? I know here in the US that size usually does not do much, but there is could be a bit worse.

The scales we are familiar with. e.g. the Richter scale or the newer Moment Magnitude scale, are related to the amount of energy released. The damage is dependent on how that energy is delivered to a population area with its people and infrastructure. How the energy is delivered is related to the geology of the area. Mexico city is atop an area that "rings" when energized by an earthquake. Not a good thing. The damage is strongly related to the construction of the infrastructure and how this construction is "tuned" to how the earth will react based on the local geology.

Aren't you glad you asked?

Magnitude 5.8 OFFSHORE GUATEMALA
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 15:40:28 UTC

Offshore seems to be the key indicator.